This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Rachel Hartley (1884-1955) was born in New York City. She was the
granddaughter of George Inness (1825-1894), and the daughter of
sculptor Jonathan Hartley. She began to paint and sketch at age
10. She studied at the Art Students League of NY, and she later
became a teacher of the League, and a member of the American Federation
of the Arts.
She was very active in the Pen and Brush club of
NYC beginning in 1918. She participated in the Club's 1928 show
with three works. She was also a member of both the National and
Washington Arts clubs. She is known for American impressionism
and was friendly with Sargent, Whistler and Hassam.
She
studied art in Paris and the French influence is usually seen in her
best works. She traveled extensively throughout Europe. She is
listed in Benezit among many other prestigious American publications.
Submitted by Starry Cagle, August 2002
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Rachel Hartley
was the granddaughter of George Inness and the daughter of sculptor
Jonathan Scott Hartley, and as an adult, spent part of each year in
Crystal, Beach, Florida where she became a founder of the Clearwater
Museum, now the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center.
In 1916, she was
an artist for the Beebee Expedition to British Guiana. She also painted
in the West Indies and in South America.
Source:
American Art Review, June 2002
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art |
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